Daughter of the Tong | |
Director: | Raymond K. Johnson |
Producer: | Lester F. Scott Jr. |
Starring: | Evelyn Brent Grant Withers Dorothy Short |
Cinematography: | Elmer Dyer |
Editing: | Charles Diltz |
Distributor: | Metropolitan Pictures |
Runtime: | 56 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Daughter of the Tong is a 1939 crime film about a detective that goes against a female leader of an Asian crime ring.[1]
Ralph Dickson is an FBI agent assigned to investigate the killing of a colleague. He is chosen to investigate due to an uncanny likeness to the presumed killer. Dickson goes undercover and learns the identity of the gang leader, Carney, who is also known as "the Illustrious One" and the "Daughter of the Tong." Carney stays holed up at the Oriental Hotel while she has her henchmen doing her dirty work.